On January 21, 2019, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (French Data Protection Authority) fined Google LLC 50 million euros under EU Regulation known as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent as regards personalized advertisements. This is the largest fine imposed in […]
The blockchain is a technology a personal data processing can rely on. Its very specific characteristics raise difficulties for the implementation of the obligations imposed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On September 24, 2018, the CNIL (The French Data Protection Authority) issued its first analysis and recommendations for those who wish to use […]
By a judgment dated August 7, 2018, the First Instance Court of Paris ruled on the illegal nature – under French Consumer law and the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978 – of several clauses included in the various versions of Twitter’s Terms of Use, Confidentiality Policy and Rules. Twitter was ordered to […]
250,000 euros. This is the amount of the fine imposed by the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (French Data Protection Authority or “CNIL”) on Optical Center, a French company specialized in optics, for having failed to properly secure its website www.optical-center.fr. This is the first time that the CNIL imposes such a heavy […]
Law n°2018-493 of June 20, 2018 on the protection of personal data was promulgated on June 20, 2018 and published in the Official Journal on June 21, 2018. The purpose of this new Law is to adapt Law n° 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on information technology, data files and liberties (commonly and hereinafter referred […]
The EU General Data Protection Regulation will take effect on May 25, 2018. Companies must take steps to ensure an enhanced protection of personal data, failing which they will face heavy fines of up to 4% of their annual turnover. The GDPR – that includes 99 articles and 173 recitals – combines both legal and […]
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